BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.14
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
The Maintenance Strategy of Black Sea Terminal, or Kulevi terminal of Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR is zero failures, Trend reports with reference to the terminal’s website.
“To support this strategy many technologically advanced devices and equipment are installed and successfully used in technological and maintenance processes of the terminal,” reads a message on Kulevi terminal’s website.
“Dedicated management, step-by-step procedures of equipment inspection and maintenance, and highly qualified personnel ensure the prevention of equipment failure through the proper maintenance program, which helps to reveal any issues with the devices and equipment to eliminate the problem at an early stage of a failed development. Maintenance Department maintains the acceptable level of equipment health and performance for the entire period of terminal operations, where the high quality of preventive maintenance works play a key role to increase asset reliability and availability of assets. The current ERP (enterprise resource planning) software system provides the opportunity for effective planning of maintenance resources and helps to decrease the number of unplanned works, backlogs, and increase overall maintenance efficiency.
Effective maintenance organization and preventive maintenance system of Black Sea Terminal ensure the fault-free operation of terminal assets,” reads the message.
The terminal is used for shipment of crude oil, fuel oil, diesel fuel, gas oil, methanol, aviation fuel, propylene, liquid pyrolysis resin, naphtha, isopropyl alcohol, diesel fuel with ultra-low sulfur content, industrial oil, and condensate.
The terminal in the Kulevi port was put into operation in May 2008, and the transshipment of oil products was launched in June. The total capacity of the terminal is 10 million tons of liquid bulk oil cargo per year, including three million tons of oil, three million tons of diesel fuel, and four million tons of fuel oil. The total capacity of the tank farm of the terminal is 402,000 cubic meters.
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